In 1947, two important events occured: firstly, President Truman warned the American Congress that it was America's job to contain Commun...

In 1947, two important events occured: firstly, President Truman warned the American Congress that it was America's job to contain Commun...

Despite the development of a consensus foreign policy during the early years of the Cold War that supported containment of the Soviet Union, there were both internationalists and pacifists who opposed the efforts of the Truman administration. These groups felt that American actions, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty, and even the Korean War weakened the UN, threatened the Soviet Union with war, hindered European economic recovery, and promoted colonialism. Often mislabeled as isolationists, both the pacifists, with their traditional opposition to war, and the liberal internationalists, who supported efforts to continue the wartime alliance with the Soviets through the development of a strong UN, felt that the United States should play an active role in world affairs. The peace movement forces have been marginalized or dismissed as insignificant by many historians, however, while their impact was minimal in the late 1940s and early 1950s, their ideas would later re-emerge to have a strong impact on American policy, particularly in the ban the bomb and the antiwar movements of the Vietnam era. They continued to support efforts to maintain the Soviet alliance through the UN, to assist in the reconstruction of the world economy, to promote disarmament, and to end colonialism. While a commitment to these ideas would probably not have prevented the Cold War, it might have lessened its severity or slowed the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Cold War: Berlin Airlift Video Lesson All these resource go with this video on "The Berlin Airlift & Causes of the Cold War" THIS VIDEO-LESSON INCLUDES: 1) Interactive, Follow-Along Notesheet2) Quick Quiz3) Extension Activity  WHAT STUDENTS LEARN All our videos teach through the power of story to make the history relevant and memorable. In this video-lesson, students learn the amazing story of how America, Britain, and other Allies, saved West Berlin and supplied the city during Operation Vittles against Stalin and the Soviet's blockade to understand the causes of the Cold War.  Students learn about the Containment Policy, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain speech, the “chocolate bomber,” and the differences between America and the Soviet Union that first led to the Cold War. ✅ The lessons cover state-standards while making sure the content is still interesting.  Berlin Airlift Inquiry Activity! After the video, notes, and quiz students complete an inquiry lesson analyzing a variety of sources- a photograph, a map, newspaper article, and a cartoon to determine how Berlin impacted the Cold War. Students answer scaffolding questions before writing a short argumentative response in this engaging lesson plan. There are answer keys for everything! Click & deliver engagement! This is a history video curriculum like no other!  Check out my Cold War Bundle: 3 Engaging Video Lessons Workbook w/ activities Discounted Price! 🤩  GREAT US HISTORY LESSON PLAN FOR THE CLASSROOM AND FOR YOUR HOMESCHOOL HISTORY CURRICULUM.

This product is designed to assist the students to understand 4 US Cold War Policies: Truman Doctrine, Containment, Marshall Plan and Domino Theory. The product includes a four readings with questions for each reading. It also includes two formal assessment questions to assist the teacher to know what the student knows. The product is designed to be used over two days but can be adapted to fit into one day as well. For my fellow Texas Teachers this Activity covers World History TEKS 1F & 13A. Please take a look at the preview to see this amazing product. Other Cold War Products: Cold War Mapping Activity Who is responsible for the Cold War? DBQ Cold War Timeline Group Activity

Included are TWO highly visual and informative PowerPoint lectures. PowerPoint #1: Cold War Origins (49 slides) Some big Ideas from the lecture include: - USSR vs USA differences - Division of Germany - Containment - Truman Doctrine - Marshall Plan - Berlin Airlift - NATO - Warsaw Pact PowerPoint #2: Cold War Competition & Korean War (70 Slides) Some big ideas from the lecture include: - Major Strategies - Espionage - U2 Affair - China becomes Communist - Korean War - Nuclear Arms Race - Fallout Shelters - Space Race Also included: - Class starter prompts - Key vocabulary - Guided fill-in-the-blank notes

The highly acclaimed biography of one of the most important and controversial Secretaries of State of the twentieth century, this is an intimate portrait of the quintessential man of action who was vilified by the McCarthyites for being soft on communism, yet set in place the strategies and policies that won the Cold War and brought down the USSR. This is the authoritative biography of Dean Acheson, the most important and controversial secretary of state of the twentieth century. Drawing on Acheson family diaries and letters as well as revelations from Russian and Chinese archives, historian James Chace traces Acheson's remarkable life, from his days as a schoolboy at Groton and his carefree life at Yale to his work for President Franklin Roosevelt on international financial policy and his unique partnership with President Truman. It is an important and dramatic work of history chronicling the momentous decisions, events, and fascinating personalities of the most critical decades of American history.

COMES WITH A POWER POINT ANSWER KEY to assist teacher/students. This worksheet/packet covers the expansion of Soviet influence, specifically the creation of Soviet satellite states and the Western world's reaction (Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan).

United States History / World History: The Cold War (Causes of Tension) PowerPoint Presentation. This vividly captures the American and Soviet Perspective of the Cold War. Also included: Roots of the Conflict, Greece The Rotten Apple, The Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, A Look Ahead, and More! A great resource to add to any World War 2 and the Cold War Unit of Study. This product is also sold as part of the World War Two (WWII) Activity Bundle, the World War Two (WWII) Unit Bundle, the Russia Activity Bundle, the Russia Unit Bundle AND The Cold War Unit Bundle! Each bundle from High Altitude History saves you 30% off of the retail price! Check them out here: World War Two Activity Bundle World War Two Unit Bundle Russia Activity Bundle Russia Unit Bundle The Cold War Unit Bundle

Struggling to teach WWII on a schedule? This download is only the plan for a successful teaching experience with WWII. I have included the PPT that covers the Nuremberg trials, Cold War, Truman Doctrine, UN, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, and NATO. Here is what is included: 1. A whole plan to teaching World War II in 25 days. Many of the things I do are in my store so I have linked the plans to the items that may be useful for each teacher. ( 3 pages of ideas) 2. End of the War PPT - a great way to have students follow along as you teach the end of the war. Nuremberg trials, Cold War, Truman Doctrine, UN, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, and NATO. ( 10 slides) 3. Student Guide: a guide for the PPT ( 1 page outline for students to follow along) to make sure they are following along. LINK TO BUNDLE Make sure to check out my blog: Social Studies MegaStore Blog *************************************************************************** How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Do you like this style of teaching? Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ *************************************************************************** © Social Studies MegaStore. This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote

In this first of a two-volume examination of the Cold War, Kenneth Thompson offers a broad and, at the same time, specific account of its history and its historians. Thompson's aim is to find the best framework for understanding how the Cold War originated, what forces and factors produced it, how Soviet and American policies intensified the conflict, and what alternatives were open to the rivals. He evenhandedly sets forth three competing theories of the Cold War--the orthodox, revisionist, and critical/interpretative views--and reveals how the ideological confines of certain interpretations have made for incomplete understanding. Calling upon some of the great thinkers of our century, Thompson shows that orthodox and revisionist historians alike are misled by their exaggerated estimates of national capacity and interests. Volume I follows the course of the Cold War from the end of World War II and America demobilization through the war in Korea. Tracing the influence of the theories on policy makers, Thompson finds missed opportunities and unintentional acts of belligerence during such tense times as the debates over Poland, Iran, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Berlin Blockade. By joining political history with the theoretical approaches, the author seeks to show that theory and history ought to be conjoined in a study of the Cold War without minimizing the value of each separate outlook. In its widest sense Cold War Theories is about the nature of history--that intricate tapestry that stretches past out limits to see. In discussing the early period in the Cold War, Thompson keeps his eye on possible parallels and differences with the present era marked by the conflicts in Iran and Afghanistan. Throughout his presentation, Thompson keeps in mind that we are entering a new era of intense conflict in the Cold War wherein we can ill afford any form of dogmatism: \"Not only is reality more complex than ideology, but change is the first law of the political universe.\"

Early Cold War Webquest Students will learn about the end of the Cold War from the late 1940s through the early 1950s. The webquest covers: The Yalta Conference The Potsdam Conference and the end of World War II Soviet control of Eastern Europe The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan The Berlin Blockade and Airlift Creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact The webquest uses an easy to follow website. Click here to view the website. The webquest contains 25 questions and an answer sheet is included for the teacher. A QR code is included along with the traditional website link. The webquest takes most students at least 15 to 30 minutes to complete depending on their age. The webquest is great for distance learning and includes Word and PDF versions. Feel free to modify this activity if needed to fit the needs of your students.

THE COLD WAR! How did it begin? What were some of the most important aspects of the creation of tensions between the worlds superpowers? Do you want to give your students a visually stunning activity to help them understand these key issues? Check out this activity that lays it all out for them! This "The Cold War Begins: The Iron Curtain Descends" Distance Learning Activity includes: 1) A document-based activity that will help your students understand the start of the Cold War. Students will identify and describe the importance of key events that sparked tension between the US and the USSR including: ➙ The split of Germany ➙ The Truman Doctrine ➙ The Berlin Blockade ➙ Soviet Satellite Nations ➙ The formation of NATO. Next, students will draw on a map the new look of the post-war Europe and what the divided Germany looks like. Finally, students will examine three documents about US post-war foreign policy. These documents include an excerpt from The Truman Doctrine Speech, the Marshall Plan Speech, and a letter from a Soviet Ambassador to Moscow. This will give students different points of view on the United States' goal in foreign policy. This activity can be used in many different ways in the classroom. Students can work independently, in pairs or this activity can be used as a jigsaw in order to facilitate a class wide discussion about the topics discussed in the activity. Answer Key is included! This lesson is included in our The Cold War Begins: The Iron Curtain Descends Pack which includes everything you need to "plug and play" this lesson. ➙ Digital Lesson ➙ Hard Copy Lesson ➙ Access to our FREE video lecture on YouTube ➙ PowerPoint Presentation ➙ Google Slides Presentation ➙ 5 Question Quiz ➙ Teacher Notes You Will Love History on YouTube: Our YouTube Channel was created out of a necessity to TEACH our class. Every lesson is geared towards education, and was not created with a for profit mindset. Every objective that we have is designed to get students LEARNING. This totally FREE and extensive video library on YouTube is something you can't find anywhere else. Check out the video for this objective below. Objective 7.2- The Cold War Begins Follow You Will Love History: @youwilllovehistory ➙ YouTube ➙ Facebook ➙ Instagram ➙ Pinterest Click here to follow our TpT store See what we are doing and get tips from us on our website. You Will Love History Website Where distance learning is just a click away!

Students will review Truman's presidency by answering 15 questions, including a 7 part chart to compare and contrast the Marshal Plan and Truman Doctrine. Some questions have room for creativity, such as writing an obituary for the Rosenbergs and recreating the conversation when Truman found out about the atomic bomb's existence. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Additional sample questions include: -Describe the goals and purpose of Truman’s Fair Deal. -Why did North Korea invade South Korea? What decision did Truman make with regard to America’s role in the conflict? -This is a headline from Truman’s presidency. Write a paragraph story to accompany it: The first color television program is broadcast, but no color sets are available for sale. June 25, 1951. -Define and identify containment. You might be interested in: World War 2 Cold War Resources for ANY History Topic

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